Mutation details: Exon 4 was replaced with a neomycin selection cassette that was flanked by both loxP and FRT sites. The deletion of exon 4 disrupts sequence encoding the PTB domain. Normal protein was undetected in homozygous mutant mice by Western blot analysis using an antibody directed against the PTB domain. If aberrant splicing were to occur between exons 3 and 5, a frameshift mutation and resultant nonsense mutation would putatively preclude the translation of the clathrin and adapter protein complex (AP-2) binding sites.
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